Gates asked for Gen. McKiernan’s resignation after talking with Petraeus, getting Pres. Obama’s okay.
And that’s the door that just hit you, sir.
Abu Muqawama, who served with McChrystal:
I do know that many policy-makers and journalists think that McChrystal’s work as the head of the super-secret Joint Special Operations Command was the untold success story of the Surge and the greater war on terror campaigns. I also know that McChrystal and David Petraeus forged a close working relationship in Iraq in 2007 and have much respect for one another. (Prior to 2007, the relations between the direct-action special operations task force and the overall command in Iraq were strained at best.)
Anyone still thinking that Obama’s Af-Pak strategy is in any way debatable needs to rethink their counter programming campaign. He’s serious enough to publicly fire the commander. Got it?
Leave it to conservatives to think decisive action could simply be “impatience.”
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